Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who ever came ^[a]before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ^9 (A)I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

^11 (B)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ¹² But a ^[b]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^(C)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³ The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd; and ^(D)I know My sheep, and ^(E)am known by My own. ^15 (F)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; ^(G)and I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And ^(H)other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; ^(I)and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

¹⁷ “Therefore My Father ^(J)loves Me, ^(K)because I lay down My life that I may take it again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I ^(L)have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. ^(M)This command I have received from My Father.”

¹⁹ Therefore ^(N)there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. ²⁰ And many of them said, ^(O)“He has a demon and is ^[c]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

²¹ Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. ^(P)Can a demon ^(Q)open the eyes of the blind?”

The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

²² Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³ And Jesus walked in the temple, ^(R)in Solomon’s porch. ²⁴ Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in ^[d]doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(S)The works that I do in My Father’s name, they ^(T)bear witness of Me. ²⁶ But ^(U)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, ^[e]as I said to you. ^27 (V)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. ^29 (W)My Father, ^(X)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. ^30 (Y)I and My Father are one.”